Sir James Matthew Barrie, (1860-1937) Scottish Journalist, Writer, Dramatist Quotes
Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.
God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.
Courage is the lovely virtue -- the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.
He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.
Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he hoped to make it.
...and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.
'I'm youth, I'm joy,' Peter answered at a venture, 'I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.'
So the chill hours wear on, and the long suspense is horribly trying to the paleface who has to live through it for the first time; but to the trained hand those ghastly calls and still ghastlier silences are but an intimation of the night marching.
That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.